Ashikaga shogunate
The Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573), also known as the Muromachi shogunate (室町幕府, Muromachi bakufu), was a feudal Japanese feudal military government.[1] The heads of government were the shoguns.[2] Each was a member of the Ashikaga clan.[3]
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These years are known as the Muromachi period. The period takes gets its name from the district in Kyoto where the Ashikaga shoguns lived.[1]
History
changeIn 1336, the Ashikaga Takauji and the Ashikaga clan established a military government in Kyoto.
Fall of the Shogunate
changeThe 13th Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was killed by Miyoshi Triumvirs, and Oda Nobunaga led the army to Kyoto, it caused Shogun Yoshiaki plot a campaign against Oda, but exiled by Nobunaga at the end.
List of Ashikaga Shoguns (Updating)
change- Ashikaga Takauji, ruled 1338–1358[4]
- Ashikaga Yoshiakira, r. 1359–1368[4]
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, r. 1368–1394[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshimochi, r. 1395–1423[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshikazu, r. 1423–1425[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshinori, r. 1429–1441[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, r. 1442–1443[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa, r. 1449–1473[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshihisa, r. 1474–1489[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshitane, r. 1490–1493, 1508–1521[6]
- Ashikaga Yoshizumi, r. 1494–1508[6]
- Ashikaga Yoshiharu, r. 1521–1546[4]
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru, r. 1546–1565[6]
- Ashikaga Yoshihide, r. 1568[5]
- Ashikaga Yoshiaki, r. 1568–1573[4]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 669. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 878–879. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Ashikaga Shoguns at Wikimedia Commons
- Ashikaga Bakufu from Washington State University website
- Kyoto City Web